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March 12, 2013 By TeachME Webmaster

Fiber Maine-ia 3 – European Trappers and Traders

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European Trappers and Traders Background
Activity: Finger Crochet a Trapper’s Belt
Learn How to Finger Crochet with Kids
Rubrics for Assessment

Ideas for Alignment

Brief Description: Students will learn about early trappers and traders and their role in the development of North America. These Europeans used the available resources to survive and flourish. Students will be involved in research to produce a report or art project, as well as the finger crochet project.

 

Level: Grades 3-5

Subjects: Visual and Performing Arts

Skills: Collaborating, cooperating, collecting data, following directions, explaining, describing, making a plan,  following a plan, writing

Fiber Maine-ia: Exploring Maine’s Fiber History is an eight lesson program exploring the use and evolution of fiber from early man to the present, with a focus on Maine. The lessons could easily be used, without alignment activities, as an after school enrichment program or in learning centers during a Maine History Day.

The alignment ideas provide suggestions for including the lessons in a study of Maine history, with opportunities for alignment to the Maine Learning Results: Parameters for Essential Instruction and the Common Core Standards. Teachers may use the ideas as written, or as a springboard to develop their own alignment activities. The alignment for Fiber Maine-ia has been done for the 3-5 grade-span., although grade 6-8 teachers may find ways to increase the level of cognitive demand in some of the activities to meet the standards at that level.

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Correlations to State of Maine Learning Results: Parameters for Essential Instruction

ELA = English Language Arts,   HE/PE = Health Education and Physical Education,    MA = Mathematics,    SCI = Science,   SS = Social Studies,   VPA = Visual and Performing Arts

** Alignment possible only if lesson extension is done

 Criteria for Fiber Main-ia Alignment

Grade

Maine Learning Results

Common Core Standards for English and Mathematics 

 3-5

ELA

C1a, b, c, and d Research

E1c Listening

E2a, b Speaking

SS

C1b Economic Knowledge, Themes, and Patterns

E1a Historical Knowledge, Themes, and Patterns

VPA

B3 Solving Challenges

E5a, c Interpersonal Skills

 

ELA

Speaking and Listening: 4

Writing: 2, 7

 

 

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